That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothing.
AKKINENI NAGARJUNAA Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good,
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Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.
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Someone who has acted carelessly, But later becomes careful and attentive, Is as beautiful as the bright moon emerging from the clouds.
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Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
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A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to refrain from sins, others to do good,
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So, to praise others for their virtues – Can but encourage one’s own efforts
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To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
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Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery.
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Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still.
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All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.
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A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave.
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One who kill, own life will be shortened; One who harms, will be injured even more
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Like the love of a parent for an only child, the tenderness of the Compassionate One is all-pervasive.
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